Laser slowing of CaF molecules to near the capture velocity of a molecular MOT
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Hemmerling, Boerge
Chae, Eunmi
Ravi, Aakash
Anderegg, Loic
Drayna, Garrett K
Hutzler, Nicholas R
Collopy, Alejandra L
Ye, Jun
Doyle, John M
Ketterle, Wolfgang
Date Issued
August 2016
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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
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IOP Publishing
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Hemmerling, Boerge; Chae, Eunmi; Ravi, Aakash; Anderegg, Loic; Drayna, Garrett K; Hutzler, Nicholas R; Collopy, Alejandra L; Ye, Jun; Ketterle, Wolfgang and Doyle, John M. “Laser Slowing of CaF Molecules to Near the Capture Velocity of a Molecular MOT.” Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 49, no. 17 (August 2016): 174001.
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Laser slowing of CaF molecules down to the capture velocity of a magneto-optical trap for molecules is achieved. Starting from a two-stage buffer gas beam source, we apply frequency-broadened 'white-light' slowing and observe approximately 6 x 10⁴ CaF molecules in a single pulse with velocities 10 ± 4 m s⁻¹. CaF is a candidate for collisional studies in the mK regime. This work represents a significant step towards magneto-optical trapping of CaF.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/17/174001
